Stalker patient’s bizarre texts to plastic surgeon

A GOLD Coast woman who bombarded her plastic surgeon with almost 5000 text messages in 10 months has pleaded guilty to stalking.

Cheryl Louise Brooks, 56, stalked Dr Lucas Stradwick with a barrage of texts and phone calls in a three-and-half-year campaign of harassment after he dumped her as a patient, Southport Magistrates Court heard today.

The stalking included 4972 texts sent between February and December last year alone.

The text messages included "I can't live without you" and "no-one else can have you".

Police prosecutor Reece Foort told the court that even after Dr Stradwick blocked Brooks and changed phones, she still managed to get his number and phoned him up to 20 times a day.

Sgt Foort said while there were no actual threats, the stalking was "very concerning".